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This is a powerful
tool for managing complexity. More, it is a rational basis for all
thought processes. Even more, it is a bridge across all cultural
divides. It begins with a Worldview: a way of seeing reality. This
Worldview sees reality in terms of open systems. It brings us to see
more than mere Parts. It makes us conscious of the Processes, Dynamics,
Structures, and the multiple layers of Context for each system that we
manage. So it provides the most complete understanding of reality.
The book
"POWER - The Modern Doctrine"
explains and develops this philosophy and explores its
applications to the design and management of organizations as
self-sustaining human systems.
The book
"Rational Decisions-Making", also by Hamid Noorani, develops these
concepts further and explores their applications to decision-making by
groups.
See the reports
below as examples of how the principles of Systems-Thinking can be
applied to find systemic solutions to complex organizational problems.
They demonstrate how to analyze organizational systems and identify
their sub-systems; how to analyze the economic principles of the
systems, and based on those principles, how to generate systemic
solutions.
"Healthcare Reform - A Systemic Approach"
"Foreign
Investment in Emerging Economies"
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